The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-05
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went in I'm little def; won't you give me
seat near the faowl!'
A BELGIAN GLASS BLOWER at Meadville, Pa,
accomplished the feat of driving locomotive
and train of cars with gas manufactured from
crude oil The device, which occupies small
space ON the tender and is connected with the
furnace, is very simple.
JOHN finley, an Indian trader, was the first
white man to cross the mountains west Of North
Carolina and enter Kentucky. This was in 1867,
and it was the glowing account given by him on
his return that induced aniel Boone and four
others to accompany him on a trip of eXplora-
ton.
A GERMAN man of science has taken four
heads of hair of equal weight, and then pro-
ceeded TO count the individual hairs. One was
of the red variety. and it was found to contain
10000 hairs Next comes the black, with 100000
hairs to its credit. The brown had 10000 and
the blonde 10000.
In a recent address to the graduates of the
Maryland Faculty of Physics, Col. H Kyd
Douglas said: "a young physicians first pre-
scription should be for himSelf-a wife-to be
taken Immediately. Doctors must be sober and
serious, and there is nothing so likely to make
them so as an early marriage"
A HAL1BuT weighing thirty-four pounds and
measuring forty-one inches in length was cap
tured recently in the lower Potomac, near
Colorial Beach. This is the first authentic case
of halibut in fresh water Hitherto it was
supposed that the vicinity of Long Island was
the extreme southern limit of the habitat of
this fish,
CAPT. SAMUEL CHESTER REID, brave and
skillful naval officer during our second war with
England, was the designer of the present form
of the United States flag, and inventor of the
signal telegraph that communicated with Sandy
Hook and the Narrows. He was born at Nor
witch, Conn., Aug. 25, 1888, and died in New
York, Jan. %, 1861.
A ST. PAUL NEWSPAPER, speaking of the execu-
ton of Polish woman there many years ago,
says that one of the schoomates of her children
remembers that on the day preceding the event
the little ones went to the teacher and asked to
be excused the next day, and when asked for
reason they said: I'VE want to see mother
hanged tomorrow
AT Oak View the President owns twenty acres
of land which cost him 1000 an acre The
ground is of little value. except as lawn. Upon
the house he has spent nearly $1,000 Alto
gether he has made the place very attractive.
He could undoubtedly sell it at good profit, as
real estate in that neighborhood has gone up
rapidly since it received the sanction of Presl-
dental preference
The odd fact is recalled that Patti gave d
farewell concert in Wizards Hall, Washing
ton, on March 81 1860. She was assisted by
Strakosch, Brignoli, Susini and Amodio; seats
were 81, and the list of the distinguished men
column in minion Vice President Breckenridge
at their head. Almost every one of the
Senators is dead, and of the members, Lamar,
Reagan and Window remain. But the little hall
must have been packed with song!
A sHREwD piece of swindlng is reported by
the French papers as having occurred at the
races. Two men, apparently Of the boollmaker
profession, had managed to pocket several hun
bred francs on betting, when an official-looking
person caused them to be taken and led OFF the
ground, to the evident regret of the bystanderS.
1t was not long however, before it was found
out that the pseudo policemen were in league
with their supposed victims, and had only dis
appeared to divide the easy haul with them.
BISHOP HAVEN used to tell some good stories,
including one at his own expense, about his per
sonal friend, DR.. Newhall, at one time President
| of a college at Newark, Del. The doctor was at
one time very ill, and for some days he thought
himself immortal and refused TO take any food.
| The Bishop visited him and tried to prevail upon
| him to take some nourishment. mo, do not
| want anything, - said he Il am immortal. am
| in heaven. This is heaven" Then pausing for
| moment ard looking at his visitor with a
| troubled air, he said: But heaven, how in the
world did you get here?"
NJ. BERTHELoT, the Minister of Public Instruc-
| ton in France, proposes to establish great
school for brewers in the old university town of
| Douai In this way, he explains, Douai will
| surily France with generations of brewers,
| whose beer will drive the German article COM
| pletsly out of the field and atone for the havoc
| wro sght by the phylloXera. If this project is
| carried out the good people of Douai will prob
| ably have no reason to regret the departure of
| their literary and legal faculties The Joyous
| brewers will put new life into the old town,
| whose streets will run with beer
| THERE has recently been invented in Paris a
small press which will enable blind people not
| only to print the raised characters which they
| are able to read with their fingers but also the
| ordinary characters on the same sheet of paper
| A system of writing for blind people has, OF
course, already been invented by Braille. but il
| only permitted them to communicate with each
| other, whereas the new mechanism enables
| them to form letters which can be read by
| everybody. Henceforward, therefore, blind
persons will be able to communicate by letter
| with their friends, without being obliged to
| have recourse to the assistance of others.
Few PEOPLE, observes the Washington Star
realize the load that a thoroughly equipped sol
der is obliged to carry. Capt Taylor, of the
Ordnance Department, has recently made q
| computation which shows that the weight car
| ried by a soldier equipped with rod, bayonet
| rife and cartridge belt, three days cooked
| ratiOnS and 100 rounds of ball cartridges and
| complete kit of clothing, is 80 pounds 25s
| ounces: with Springfield rifle, bayonet, scab
| bard, cartridge boxes and leather belt, clothing
| ana ammunition, etc, is "a pounds, 1.S5 ounces
with Springfield rifle, bayonet, scabbard, cart
! ridge belt, clothing, ammunition, ETC., is 3;
| pounds 1886 ounces.
| WHEN Daniel Webster was told at Washing.
| ton, in June, 1852, that the Wing National Con.
ventiOn at Baltimore had nominated Scott and
! Graham, he paused a moment, and then, with
ont moving muscle, beyond showing playful
! smile upon his face, exclaimed, Graham and
| Scott, Scott and Graham, Tar and Feathers
| Mr. Graham was remembered as coming from
| the great Tar State, old North Carolina and
| Scott was remembered for his military chapeau
| and tall plume. The sarcasm was not intended
! for Mr.. WeoSters colleague in the Cabinet Mr.
| Graham, for he esteemed him highly. and gave
| very palpable evidence of his respect for, and
| confidence in the Secretary of the Navy. Nor
| did Mr. Webster entertain any but kindly feel
| ings towards Gen. Scott. One of the most elo
| quent speeches made in the United States Sen.
| ate was in commentator of Gen. SCOTS brill
liant and humane campaign in Mexico.
THERE is a haunted engine on the Southern
/ Pacific railroad. Il is No. 70, and was run into
the Sacramento shops recently for repairs.
| Three men have been killed by it, and the
! bravest engineer ON the line is afraid to venture
| out on trip with It, One story is told that the
| locomotive was crossing the desert beyond Mo
| nave several months ago, when the driver sI)ed
| white horse with dilaled nostrils flying name
| and erect head in front Of the engine, running
| along at an easy canter. He blew the whistle
| but the horse would not leave the track The
| safety valve was opened to make a screechinp
sound, hut this frightened the steed as little as
the whistle and a full Roadway of steam was
| put ON to run the equine alba down.